1949 SCTA Road Runners

What diversity! The Southern California Timing Association points-winning club for 1949: the Road Runners--including push trucks and trophies. Some became hot rod household names, others drifted into obscurity. We've identified the ones we can with thanks to Greg Sharp.

As most were running Mercurys, how appropriate to be photographed in front of the old Lincoln-Mercury assembly plant on Washington Blvd. in Pico Rivera, California. When they talk about the "shoulders of giants," this is a snapshot of those giants.